This video of a blind Filipina girl is making the rounds among Filipino netizens, earning praise for her incredibly angelic voice.
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Her name is Charmaine Tonic, a blind girl blessed with so much talent. In this video, Charmaine is singing "Sabihin Mo Sa Akin", which was originally performed by Sheryn Regis as the theme song of the 2005 fantasy series "Kampanerang Kuba. The song was also the theme song of the recently concluded TV Drama starring Julia Baretto, Mirabella, and was sung by Klarisse De Guzman.
The song was very sad, yet meaningful and heartfelt. While Charmaine was singing, the message of the song really came through - that despite a person's imperfection, is still a person who gets hurt. You will be left teary-eyed, and touched by Charmaine's angelic voice.
This video was taken and uploaded by Anne Gomez, and has easily garnered thousands of likes and shares on Facebook. Many people admired Charmaine for her amazing God-given gift despite her disability. Charmaine also have a few cover of OPM (Original Pinoy Music) songs on her youtube channel.
Charmaine is not the first blind girl whose video went viral. Joyce Jimenez, a blind gradeschool student from Davao, became viral worldwide after her cover of Miley Cyrus' hit, "Wrecking Ball" was shared across social networking sites.